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3 Fantasy Pieces Op. 6 No. 3. Scherzo by Charles Tomlinson Griffes
Charles Tomlinson Griffes
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Charles Tomlinson Griffes Elmira New York September 17 1884 – New York City April 8 1920 Was An American Composer For Piano Chamber Ensembles And For Voice. After Early Studies On Piano And Organ In His Home Town He Went To Berlin For Four Years To Study Composition With Engelbert Humperdinck At The Stern Conservatory. On Returning To The U.S. In 1907 He Began Teaching At The Hackley School For Boys In Tarrytown New York A Post Which He Held Until His Early Death 13 Years Later.
Charles Griffes CD Griffes Is The Most Famous American Representative Of Musical Impressionism. He Was Fascinated By The Exotic Mysterious Sound Of The French Impressionists And Was Compositionally Much Influenced By Them While He Was In Europe. He Also Studied The Work Of Contemporary Russian Composers For Example Scriabin Whose Influence Is Also Apparent In His Work For Example In His Use Of Synthetic Scales. His Most Famous Works Are The White Peacock For Piano 1915 Orchestrated In 1919 His Piano Sonata 1917–18 Revised 1919 A Tone Poem The Pleasure Dome Of Kubla Khan After The Fragment By Coleridge 1912 Revised In 1916 And Poem For Flute And Orchestra 1918 . He Also Wrote Numerous Programmatic Pieces For Piano Chamber Ensembles And For Voice. The Amount And Quality Of His Music Is Impressive Considering His Short Life And His Full-Time Teaching Job And Much Of His Music Is Still Performed. His Unpublished Sho-Jo 1917 A One-Act Pantomimic Drama Based On Japanese Themes Is One Of The Earliest Works By An American Composer To Show Direct Inspiration From The Music Of Japan.He Died Of Influenza At The Age Of 35 And Is Buried In Bloomfield Cemetery In Bloomfield Essex County New Jersey. 1 His Papers Passed To His Younger Sister Marguerite Who Chose To Destroy Many That Explicitly Related To His Gay Life. 2 Donna Anderson See Below Is His Current Literary Executor. Griffes Kept Meticulous Diaries Some In German Which Chronicled His Musical Accomplishments From 1907 To 1919 And Also Dealt Honestly With His Homosexual Lifestyle Including His Regular Patronage Of The Lafayette Place Baths And The Produce Exchange Baths. 1 3 Charles Tomlinson Griffes Was Drawn Into The Gay World By The Baths Not Just Because He Had Sex There But Because He Met Men There Who Helped Him Find Apartments And Otherwise Make His Way Through The City Who Appreciated His Music Who Gave Him New Insights Into His Character And Who Became His Good Friends. The Gay World Became A Central Part Of His Everyday World Even Though He Kept It Hidden From His Nongay Associates. — George Chauncey Gay New York 1995
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Charles Tomlinson Griffes Elmira New York September 17 1884 – New York City April 8 1920 Was An American Composer For Piano Chamber Ensembles And For Voice. After Early Studies On Piano And Organ In His Home Town He Went To Berlin For Four Years To Study Composition With Engelbert Humperdinck At The Stern Conservatory. On Returning To The U.S. In 1907 He Began Teaching At The Hackley School For Boys In Tarrytown New York A Post Which He Held Until His Early Death 13 Years Later.
Charles Griffes CD Griffes Is The Most Famous American Representative Of Musical Impressionism. He Was Fascinated By The Exotic Mysterious Sound Of The French Impressionists And Was Compositionally Much Influenced By Them While He Was In Europe. He Also Studied The Work Of Contemporary Russian Composers For Example Scriabin Whose Influence Is Also Apparent In His Work For Example In His Use Of Synthetic Scales. His Most Famous Works Are The White Peacock For Piano 1915 Orchestrated In 1919 His Piano Sonata 1917–18 Revised 1919 A Tone Poem The Pleasure Dome Of Kubla Khan After The Fragment By Coleridge 1912 Revised In 1916 And Poem For Flute And Orchestra 1918 . He Also Wrote Numerous Programmatic Pieces For Piano Chamber Ensembles And For Voice. The Amount And Quality Of His Music Is Impressive Considering His Short Life And His Full-Time Teaching Job And Much Of His Music Is Still Performed. His Unpublished Sho-Jo 1917 A One-Act Pantomimic Drama Based On Japanese Themes Is One Of The Earliest Works By An American Composer To Show Direct Inspiration From The Music Of Japan.He Died Of Influenza At The Age Of 35 And Is Buried In Bloomfield Cemetery In Bloomfield Essex County New Jersey. 1 His Papers Passed To His Younger Sister Marguerite Who Chose To Destroy Many That Explicitly Related To His Gay Life. 2 Donna Anderson See Below Is His Current Literary Executor. Griffes Kept Meticulous Diaries Some In German Which Chronicled His Musical Accomplishments From 1907 To 1919 And Also Dealt Honestly With His Homosexual Lifestyle Including His Regular Patronage Of The Lafayette Place Baths And The Produce Exchange Baths. 1 3 Charles Tomlinson Griffes Was Drawn Into The Gay World By The Baths Not Just Because He Had Sex There But Because He Met Men There Who Helped Him Find Apartments And Otherwise Make His Way Through The City Who Appreciated His Music Who Gave Him New Insights Into His Character And Who Became His Good Friends. The Gay World Became A Central Part Of His Everyday World Even Though He Kept It Hidden From His Nongay Associates. — George Chauncey Gay New York 1995 read less
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Charles Griffes CD Griffes Is The Most Famous American Representative Of Musical Impressionism. He Was Fascinated By The Exotic Mysterious Sound Of The French Impressionists And Was Compositionally Much Influenced By Them While He Was In Europe. He Also Studied The Work Of Contemporary Russian Composers For Example Scriabin Whose Influence Is Also Apparent In His Work For Example In His Use Of Synthetic Scales. His Most Famous Works Are The White Peacock For Piano 1915 Orchestrated In 1919 His Piano Sonata 1917–18 Revised 1919 A Tone Poem The Pleasure Dome Of Kubla Khan After The Fragment By Coleridge 1912 Revised In 1916 And Poem For Flute And Orchestra 1918 . He Also Wrote Numerous Programmatic Pieces For Piano Chamber Ensembles And For Voice. The Amount And Quality Of His Music Is Impressive Considering His Short Life And His Full-Time Teaching Job And Much Of His Music Is Still Performed. His Unpublished Sho-Jo 1917 A One-Act Pantomimic Drama Based On Japanese Themes Is One Of The Earliest Works By An American Composer To Show Direct Inspiration From The Music Of Japan.He Died Of Influenza At The Age Of 35 And Is Buried In Bloomfield Cemetery In Bloomfield Essex County New Jersey. 1 His Papers Passed To His Younger Sister Marguerite Who Chose To Destroy Many That Explicitly Related To His Gay Life. 2 Donna Anderson See Below Is His Current Literary Executor. Griffes Kept Meticulous Diaries Some In German Which Chronicled His Musical Accomplishments From 1907 To 1919 And Also Dealt Honestly With His Homosexual Lifestyle Including His Regular Patronage Of The Lafayette Place Baths And The Produce Exchange Baths. 1 3 Charles Tomlinson Griffes Was Drawn Into The Gay World By The Baths Not Just Because He Had Sex There But Because He Met Men There Who Helped Him Find Apartments And Otherwise Make His Way Through The City Who Appreciated His Music Who Gave Him New Insights Into His Character And Who Became His Good Friends. The Gay World Became A Central Part Of His Everyday World Even Though He Kept It Hidden From His Nongay Associates. — George Chauncey Gay New York 1995 read less
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